English Dictionary

East

/iːst/

name

A personification of the wind from the east. / The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.

East is a name given to a personification of the wind from the east.

意味（1）

A personification of the wind from the east.

[…] I sat down and wrote, / In such a hand as when a field of corn / Bows all its ears before the roaring East; […]

意味（2）

The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.

I remember a hearty welcome; a prodigious supper, which would have fed a whole village in the East; […]

意味（3）

The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.

意味（4）

(historical) the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.

意味（5）

The eastern states of the United States.

意味（6）

The eastern part of any region.

意味（7）

A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

意味（8）

A surname.